Books You Wish SK Would Write

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Arbitrary Refrain

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I know he has mentioned this before in public engagements but I would love to read the story of Stu and Fran and co heading out to find a home. A (tasteful) revisit to the world of The Stand could be amazing, especially with the known link to the DT series etc.
 

Rrty

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I suppose he could do Bond, maybe a short story set in that universe. I would imagine he would do well with the villain interrogating the spy.

I would like to see him write a short book, maybe Carrie length, about someone who is maybe trapped in a lighthouse during some sort of apocalyptic event, and all the person gets are Twitter messages, Facebook messages, YouTube videos, etc., as devices to learn about and chronicle the event. Perhaps it could be more than one person -- a few teens break into an abandoned lighthouse one Halloween, Christmas Eve, whatever, bring a lot of food for a party, and they have to stay there when whatever it is that goes wrong happens. Their connection to the world is their phones.
 

Nomik

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I suppose he could do Bond, maybe a short story set in that universe. I would imagine he would do well with the villain interrogating the spy.

I would like to see him write a short book, maybe Carrie length, about someone who is maybe trapped in a lighthouse during some sort of apocalyptic event, and all the person gets are Twitter messages, Facebook messages, YouTube videos, etc., as devices to learn about and chronicle the event. Perhaps it could be more than one person -- a few teens break into an abandoned lighthouse one Halloween, Christmas Eve, whatever, bring a lot of food for a party, and they have to stay there when whatever it is that goes wrong happens. Their connection to the world is their phones.
Would the apocalyptic event involve the water in any way? I'm wondering just how much danger these characters should face on a moment by moment basis. What if the only information that they had was via social media- only it turned out to be like War of the Worlds, only this time the "Orson Wells" figure is the jack from another book. (Jack, change agent, call him Otto or something) They might revert to survival roles -Lord of the Flys mode, or worse: "Donner Mode".
Set at Nubble Light.
 
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Rrty

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Would the apocalyptic event involve the water in any way? I'm wondering just how much danger these characters should face on a moment by moment basis. What if the only information that they had was via social media- only it turned out to be like War of the Worlds, only this time the "Orson Wells" figure is the jack from another book. (Jack, change agent, call him Otto or something) They might revert to survival roles -Lord of the Flys mode, or worse: "Donner Mode".
Set at Nubble Light.

I think it would not involve the water mostly, but maybe at the end something -- maybe some sort of ship, perhaps military -- sails toward the lighthouse. That actually is a pretty good idea -- the cannibalism angle, which I did not think about, or the Lord of the Flies angle. Your suggestions make me wish King really would do this.
 

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I think it would not involve the water mostly, but maybe at the end something -- maybe some sort of ship, perhaps military -- sails toward the lighthouse. That actually is a pretty good idea -- the cannibalism angle, which I did not think about, or the Lord of the Flies angle. Your suggestions make me wish King really would do this.
Did I misspell Lord of the Flies? Yes, and let me assure you that it was an intentional error (believe that and I'll sell you another). I'm pleased that you are here right now because was just taking a moment to quietly reflect on a few of today's threads.
To further the suggestion, I'll mention an old riddle:
"Man walks into a restaurant and orders the Albatross. After taking one bite if the meal, he promptly shoots himself." Why?"
A version of this featured in a game called five minute mysteries. You have to ask yes or no questions to arrive at the correct answer.
(I'll just leave it there in case anyone wants to try)
I'll make the relevant literally the connection in a few.
 

Nomik

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A sequel to 'The Mist'. I'd love to see what happens after they make it out of the supermarket...
Funny you should say that! I was with my teenager the other day at Fry's and the power was out. He recently read Lord of the Flies for school and that had nothing to do with the power outage. When he was younger we would have fun in situations like that, making up scary scenarios to explain the situation.
This time I immediately thought of The Myst. I think I'm the only only one in the world who ever played the old PC text game! Remember those "pick a path" books? The game was something like that . .
Oh yeah, Danny and I at Frys during blackout . .
Looters ambled by, not even bothering to run. The store is not in the best neighborhood; it serves as a local hot spot for the homeless, drunks, addicts and other shoplifters.
"Yeah, it's been out all day" an employee explained to us,
That explains the tarps covering the meat and produce!
thought Daniel and I.
You'd think our first clue would've been the dark! No, not us, blithely unaware, we wondered why the perishables were covered.
And I turned to my son and said "have you ever read The Myst?"
No.
Okay then, never mind.

We made it out alive, as far as I know. . .
 

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When he was younger we would have fun in situations like that, making up scary scenarios to explain the situation.

I do that all the time with my kids, great fun:)

Yeras ago i actually broke up with a girlfriend over 'The Mist". We were on vacation with a group of friends at the coast when all of a sudden a thick mist began to appear. Of course i had read 'The Mist' so my imagination began to run wild and with another friend we started to imagine all kinds of horror scenarios. The girlfriend thought it was just childish and started telling us the scientific explanations, wich is, of course, much less fun than monsters in the mist:)
That was reason enough tp part ways once the vacation was over:)
 

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Like I said before,
I reckon it would be good to see how Mike Ryerson turned out as a vampire. He was a pretty ordinary guy in real life but I reckon he would have been a good? vampire, once he got to work ou his hunger. Maybe just going to the abattoir and getting fresh pig's blood. Cujo would be good for a sequel but I don't see how he could do it seeing the dog died, and if he creates another dog, well it's like been there already. Another one he could do is seeing how Andy is getting along from Shawshank Redemption(by the way it is a bit weird how 'Shawshank' comes up as spelled incorrect on Stephen King's website). I'd like it if Captain Hadley escaped from prison and goes on a mission to kill Andy because he thinks Andy wrecked his life.
 
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Blake

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Like I said before,
I reckon it would be good to see how Mike Ryerson turned out as a vampire. He was a pretty ordinary guy in real life but I reckon he would have been a good? vampire, once he got to work ou his hunger. Maybe just going to the abattoir and getting fresh pig's blood. Cujo would be good for a sequel but I don't see how he could do it seeing the dog died, and if he creates another dog, well it's like been there already. Another one he could do is seeing how Andy is getting along from Shawshank Redemption(by the way it is a bit weird how 'Shawshank' comes up as spelled incorrect on Stephen King's website). I'd like it if Captain Hadley escaped from prison and goes on a mission to kill Andy because he thinks Andy wrecked his life.
Update on Salem's Lot. Mike Ryerson in particular.
He didn't 'die'. He's somewhere out there.= june 1 2014. I always thought Mike Ryerson would be good. It always gave me the creeps how when Matt Burke heard a squeaking sound of a floorboard and goes up the stairs and Mike Ryerson is just sitting there.
 
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